Pomegranate Benefits

In the west we look at the pomegranate as an exotic addition to our drinks.  The health benefits of pomegranate juice are now well known and many people seek it out.  What many do not know is that Iran is the largest pomegranate producer in the entire world.  While Americans look at the red fruit and ask their friends how to eat a pomegranate, Iranians know the fruit well.  If trade relations were normalized with Iran, a whole new flood of the wonder fruit would be headed for the United States.  Right now, India is the main pomegranate producer that supplies the US.

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In Afghanistan, pomegranates are beginning to replace poppies, used for making opium and heroin, as a staple crop in the region.  In Afghanistan, the pomegranate is known as anar.  As the article mentions, the pomegranate is somewhat trendy in Europe and the United States, mostly because of the health benefits of the fruit.

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